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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5405630, member: 110350"]A great coin! I have one coin -- my Tiberius "Tribute Penny" -- that I bought from Kirk Davis, that was purchased originally from Tom Cederlind a long time ago. I admit I wasn't familiar with him.</p><p><br /></p><p>In going through photos of artifacts purchased from Royal Athena, it occurred to me that I'm pretty sure I bought only one object there in the last 20 years or so. Almost all of my purchases were made in the 1980s and 1990s. Why? It got to the point where almost everything in the store was too expensive for me, too. Previously, there were still quite a few items for well under $1,000, and I don't think that was true anymore, although there was still an "under $2,500" section. This is the only object I bought there more recently, a tiny Apulian net lekythos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1233838[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see how small it is by comparing it to the certificate of authenticity:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1233840[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But I still miss visiting the place; it was like a museum. I fondly remember looking not only at the small objects, but at all the life-size sculptures and gigantic Greek vases, all marked "P.O.R." If you have to ask, you can't afford it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5405630, member: 110350"]A great coin! I have one coin -- my Tiberius "Tribute Penny" -- that I bought from Kirk Davis, that was purchased originally from Tom Cederlind a long time ago. I admit I wasn't familiar with him. In going through photos of artifacts purchased from Royal Athena, it occurred to me that I'm pretty sure I bought only one object there in the last 20 years or so. Almost all of my purchases were made in the 1980s and 1990s. Why? It got to the point where almost everything in the store was too expensive for me, too. Previously, there were still quite a few items for well under $1,000, and I don't think that was true anymore, although there was still an "under $2,500" section. This is the only object I bought there more recently, a tiny Apulian net lekythos: [ATTACH=full]1233838[/ATTACH] You can see how small it is by comparing it to the certificate of authenticity: [ATTACH=full]1233840[/ATTACH] But I still miss visiting the place; it was like a museum. I fondly remember looking not only at the small objects, but at all the life-size sculptures and gigantic Greek vases, all marked "P.O.R." If you have to ask, you can't afford it![/QUOTE]
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